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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC has some of the lowest property taxes in the Region, so they have room to increase taxes to makeup or much of the lost CRE revenue.  Even with modest increase to their property tax, the overall tax burden will still be quite a bit less than Maryland.[/quote]

The problem with this is that DC could end up mimicking Baltimore with its very high tax rates, which pushes away potential residents.

DC needs to crack down hard on crime ASAP. [/quote]

Baltimore IS doing so, DC doubling down on the policies that got us here. The vote on Pinto's bill was slow rolled to allow the anti-carceral activists, increasingly strident, to ramp up PR campaigns.

What about this act, by the Chair, quite recently, suggests a fundamental shift?

[twitter]https://twitter.com/WTOP/status/1744486638879912255[/twitter]

The vote was paused due to media attention but it will go forward. Mendo had the votes, only Pinto and Bonds spoke out re: victims and the murderer having no relevant expertise, not to mention the lawyers, judges and academics who make up the Sentencing Commission, objecting. One activist group openly boasts about drafting 4+ bills for the Council. The Council is captured and quite out of step with mainstream approaches that have been effective against crime, even just up 95. [/quote]

With the council members spending the majority of their time addressing a very vocal minority and holding pointless gripe sessions for the same minority, I am not surprised that they need to rely on non-profits and consultants to help draft legislation.[/quote]

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